December 09, 2003
Magic Boxes
The first series of boxes I made was in the early 90’s, when I was living in Roma. I gave them as gifts when I visited friends and family in the US. They were mostly made with dried roses, which I was using then in my paintings, and the surfaces were mostly white. Because of the decomposing roses, unless sprayed with some kind of binding substance, which I didn’t do, they tended to deteriorate with time. Though I still have one sitting on my table, which is paling but still in tact.
Carol Schaefer came to my studio this weekend and we made a bunch of these boxes, though with different materials. We really enjoyed ourselves doing it. With the inspiring but hard to navigate in snowstorm it was the best place to be.
I loved stepping inside the world of these boxes, which like paintings, all have their own identity and tell me what they want to become. Below are shots of the boxes both from outside and inside. The first one is The Queen’s Box. She is an Indonesian queen, who’s name I forgot. The second is Kuan Yun’s Box, who is the Goddess of mercy & plenty, and the third is still untitled, so if you have a good name for it please let me know.
Carol took her boxes home to finish the details. When’s she’s done I will photograph them, so please check back. All boxes are for sale.
Baci,
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